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	<title>Social Media Virtual Assistance Today for Tomorrow&#039;s Business &#187; Social Media for Business</title>
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		<title>Leveraging Social Media For Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Romany Thresher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed a lot of coverage over the past couple of years about the rapid growth of social networks and how they are changing the way we communicate? Perhaps, you have also stumbled across one of the many articles professing how to 'double your sales' with Twitter or Facebook and maybe feel you have missed the boat with your own marketing? But, it's actually worth asking the question as to whether marketing through social media actually works in the first place, and, if it does, how can you make it work for your business?]]></description>
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		<title>Are you building your Trust Agent factor?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Romany Thresher</dc:creator>
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Reading a section in Trust Agents the other day co authored by Chris Brogan.  I decided to summarise a section in his book because I could not have said it any better and it was written in a way that is just so clear about how to become a power networker and how to build [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erik Qualman Interview on Socialnomics.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Romany Thresher</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;m very excited.  Here is my interview with Erik Qualman on his book Socialnomics.  There is a much longer interview which is still waiting to be uploaded where I ask Erik a few other questions.
This interview describes everything you need to know about reading the book.  What the book is about, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Things to Think About When You Start Using Social Media For Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary D Thomas</dc:creator>
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